We’ve reported before that Milwaukee’s T.I.M. (The Improvised Musical) will be performing in the New York Musical Improv Festival. We also told you that T.I.M. was trying to raise money to help fund the trip. Well, that campaign closed Sept. 13 and appears a little short of the goal. But you know what they say: The […]
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Our friends to the south, the Over Our Head Players, in Racine, begin a series of original sketch comedies covering the last two weekends in September and the first two weekends in October. Theatre/Schmeatre, as it’s called, is described on the Players’ website as: Short, unrelated original comedies – plus some of the area’s finest
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Every January and July, year in, year out, some of the brightest original comedy sketches in Milwaukee are the collaborations of Jason Powell and Doug Jarecki at the Sketch 22 shows produced by Patrick Schmitz. Well, now Jason and Doug have collected some of those one-night standouts and put together an evening of one-act comedies called
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If only there was a way to fill yourself with laughter and your taste for BBQ. Lucky for you, there is the Hotdogs and Hamburgers Comedy Tour! It’s a collection of four comedians who all have strong cravings to make people laugh and hitting the road for their first midwest tour as a group. The eleven
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[su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGq0V1Lx4R8″] Nick Thune is on fire. If you caught him in July on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon (above), you know how hilarious and absurd and downhome Nick Thune is. The success of his Netflix/iTunes/Vinyl comedy special “Folk Hero” attests to his popularity. Nick Thune is a treat to watchers of late-night variety shows,
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Variety Hour Happy Hour is one of the hardest-working comedy shows you’ll see on a regular basis in Milwaukee. That’s not to say a lot of preparation and practice does not go into most improv or standup, but this sketch show is scripted and rehearsed ensemble, and it includes live music, thanks to the talents
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Comedy history is being recorded again in Milwaukee, and you can be there. Milwaukee Comedy is hanging new curtains in the Arcade Theatre just in time to accommodate the third iteration of the Comedic Release Show. That’s when eight of the funniest standup comedians in the area perform and their show is recorded to be released
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It’s the same only different. Each third Thursday of the month (as it has been for three years), The Improvised Musical (T.I.M.) performs at 7:30 p.m. at ComedySportz for $5 admission. But every month, the one-hour Broadway-style musical they perform is different. Because they’re improvised. That’s why. Each musical is launched by a suggestion yelled
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[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/Bde_PN7f1yA”] Godfrey has made you laugh in such TV shows as “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” “30 Rock” and “Louie” and in such movies as Zoolander, Soul Plane and Phat Girlz. He was raised by immigrant parents in Chicago where he was the class clown and went on to play football at the University of Illinois.
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If you caught them in their previous engagements, including the conclusion to the 9th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, then you won’t want to miss the talented teenagers in 4 Guys, 1 Mic. The cast includes four recent Milwaukee high school graduates (and one who’s going to be a junior) who are about to part ways
